Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville

The Knoxville Convention Center is a large, modern venue located on the former site of the US Pavilion of the 1982 World's Fair. The state-of-the-art facility was built in 2002 to a design inspired by a Tennessee barn.

Among its amenities, the center features half a million square feet of space on three floors and an underground loading dock. Its exhibition hall contains more than 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) of flexible space, as well as a 27,300-square-foot ballroom, a lecture hall, and fourteen meeting rooms. Overall, the place is fit to accommodate up to 10,000 people at a time and is sufficient to host a variety of events like trade shows, conventions, meetings, concerts, and sporting games.

In addition to its event spaces, the Knoxville Convention Center also offers a variety of services to event planners and attendees, including catering, audiovisual services, and free Wi-Fi throughout the facility.

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Sight Name: Knoxville Convention Center
Sight Location: Knoxville, USA (See walking tours in Knoxville)
Sight Type: Attraction/Landmark
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Downtown Knoxville Walking Tour

Walking Tours in Knoxville, Tennessee

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Creating your own self-guided walk in Knoxville is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.

Knoxville鈥檚 Historical Buildings

Knoxville is often referred to as "The Marble City" for the abundant supply of high-quality marble used in many of its buildings. Noting the wealth of well-preserved historic homes in the city, prominent American architect John Russell Pope even coined his own moniker for it 鈥� the "City of Houses".

Indeed, Knoxville's eventful and sometimes turbulent past, dating from... view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.2 Km or 1.4 Miles

Downtown Knoxville Walking Tour

A small town with big-city amenities and a vibrant music scene (a mix of country, bluegrass, and rock), Knoxville, or K-Town as it's popularly shortened by locals, is also often referred to as 鈥渢he Gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains,鈥� for its proximity to the national park area, whose marble quarries, in the past, gave it another moniker, The Marble City.

Knoxville was founded in... view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.3 Km or 1.4 Miles

University of Tennessee Walking Tour

Founded in 1794 as William Blount College, The University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville is one of the oldest public universities in the United States. Nowadays, the UT flagship institution features a mix of historic and modern sites which draw many a visitor to the city.

The campus covers nearly 600 acres in downtown鈥檚 west end, including over 200 buildings and a faculty of more than 1,700... view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.0 Km or 1.9 Miles

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